The Best Looks from New York Fashion Week: Spring 2014

New York Fashion Week goes by in a flash. To break down the best of the best, BAZAAR selects the top 5 looks from each major collection. Consider it your definitive guide to the runways. Plus, check out our complete Spring 2014 Fashion Week coverage.

Marc Jacobs Spring 2014

Marc Jacobs Spring 2014

Give a man a few extra days and watch him show right on time. As in, to the minute. But that was just the beginning of the shocks Marc Jacobs delivered on the last night of New York Fashion Week, as a massive lightning storm lit up Manhattan and the streets nearly flooded. It all felt vaguely apocalyptic, especially considering the oppressive heat inside the armory (so hot, they passed out fans) and the epic set: sewer pipes, a busted-up RV and other broken miscellany of modern life strewn along the road-looking catwalk that hovered above hundreds of ottoman rugs. Then Jacobs' collection came out, all gothic Victorian and...sporty.

Marc Jacobs Spring 2014

Marc Jacobs Spring 2014

He mixed lacy Victorian blouses and heavily embroidered jackets with dressed-up board shorts and sneakers or floral slides. The mélange should make no sense, but here, it did, pulled together by color and confidence. These gothic-sporty looks segued seamlessly into oversized florals done in similar silhouettes. The florals looked heavy and near fall-like. But they were beautiful and surely Jacobs' well-shod fans will happily sweat these looks in the spring. But considering spring lands in stores in the middle of February's drudgery—score.